[PS3] Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? PROTIP: THIS IS THE MGS4 THREAD

hmmm I wonder if I should get a preorder on that guide....

Update on my end:
Still getting raped by the lack of bandwith on Konami's site. It doesn't seem to be out of stock yet, but now I'm getting no where. Before I could get to the checkout, but now I can't get passed a 503 error. I'm thinkin' Konami just killed the site down for a few, and will open it up later.
What a clusterfuck.

Nice the 80GB pre-orders finally sprouting up, thanks for the tip. Kinda wish i waited but i'm happy, i'd rather get the LE MGS4 game anyways so saved some money minus the dual shock 3 which i hope to own before i get the game.

Also, a question about the Gunmetal version.. is it just the color or actual feel of it?

Originally Posted by cloud baka

Nice the 80GB pre-orders finally sprouting up, thanks for the tip. Kinda wish i waited but i'm happy, i'd rather get the LE MGS4 game anyways so saved some money minus the dual shock 3 which i hope to own before i get the game.

Also, a question about the Gunmetal version.. is it just the color or actual feel of it?

The "Gun Metal" is just the name of the color for the console but it's also not just a color change since the actual material of the system itself is different to have more of a rough textured feel according to Exec. Producer Ryan Payton. Kind of why its limited and so sought after given the bundle is already completely sold out in Japan.

So.


Funny story, Konami decided to be ridiculous, and Shipping Insurance is, you sitting down? $500.

I went and hit "back" (after thousands of refresh hits), and changed to an upgraded shipping method, and miraculously, the huge charge went away.
Suffice to say, the entire sitution reeked of Amazon's $150 XBOX360 fiasco, traffic slowing to a crawl, many people pissed.
Regardless, I have succeeded. I have it pre-ordered.
I feel like a complete nerd now.

Originally Posted by Pietak

So.


Funny story, Konami decided to be ridiculous, and Shipping Insurance is, you sitting down? $500.

I went and hit "back" (after thousands of refresh hits), and changed to an upgraded shipping method, and miraculously, the huge charge went away.
Suffice to say, the entire sitution reeked of Amazon's $150 XBOX360 fiasco, traffic slowing to a crawl, many people pissed.
Regardless, I have succeeded. I have it pre-ordered.
I feel like a complete nerd now.

Yeah I forgot to post about the insurance charge but you do get that refunded back on the card once you receive the bundle.

Ha!
Konami kind of failed to mention how that whole thing works.

Don't know if this has been addressed or not, i looked back some pages to see if it was brought up and didn't see but if it was, forgive me. This is from the press conference Kojima had showing off the 40 minutes of gameplay, which he said was only 1/15th of the entire game, as well as the theatrical trailer that was shown. This was from Gamespot.

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After the end of the live gameplay demonstration, Kojima talked briefly about plans for a "Metal Gear Solid 4 World Tour," during which he and his staff will travel around the world to meet up with fans of the series. The tour locations include London; Madrid, Spain; Milan, Italy; Frankfurt, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Paris; New York; Los Angeles; and San Francisco.

Dunno bout you guys but i thought this sounded kinda cool, after this paragraph this one followed..

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One of the surprises at the press conference came at the very end. As the lights dimmed out for the event to end, a one-way dialogue very similar to the endings in the MGS games took place, hinting at some sort of worldwide live event and a sequel, though it was too vague to make any assumptions.

"Yes, the presentation event has ended. Everything is according to plan."

"We will proceed to the final steps of the mission. The surprise that's planned on launch date, should it be executed?

"Yes. Akihabara, New York, LA...worldwide live broadcast. Yes, there are no problems. The VIP has agreed to come. Yes, that's correct. That person. Understood. June 12."

"And what should we do about that project? Yes, that's right. That man has shattered, but...about the sequel. Yes. Yes... I see. That's understood, Mr. Company President."

Surprise on launch date?.. VIP?.. This keeps getting better and better.. like i said if it had been mentioned sorry, my skimming skills suck. 23 more days till June 12th, am i the only one with a countdown timer with this?

Dang, just that little paragraph makes me giddy. What is he talking about

Not that I care, but in a move that fails to surprise, there's no gun-metal grey PS3 for the UK:

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Konami has confirmed there are no plans to make its Metal Gear Solid 4 hardware bundle available in the UK.

That's a shame, because Konami's bundle comes with a limited edition gun metal grey PS3. It can be pre-ordered via the publisher's website - if you're fast, as a limited number are on offer each day, and if you're American, as the bundle is "only available for pre-order to US residents".

So is there any chance the UK will get a similar deal? "Nope, sadly not," said a Konami spokesperson. "The only bundle we are doing is the Play.com special edition with figurine."

[ source ]

The gunmetal colour doesn't even look very good, and considering it's the 40 GB version for a ridiculous price, I don't think anyone should regret not having the opportunity to buy it.

I wonder who the VIP is. Maybe Ennio Morricone?

Also, I think I'll have to avoid reading any games threads or sites until I get my copy. All the previous MGS games have been spoiled to me in some way, but this time I want to make sure it doesn't happen. It's gonna be awesome.

Originally Posted by Aardark

Also, I think I'll have to avoid reading any games threads or sites until I get my copy. All the previous MGS games have been spoiled to me in some way, but this time I want to make sure it doesn't happen. It's gonna be awesome.

Same here. I'm already a bit disappointed to know the current version's "Freak Squad" (as in Foxhound, Dead Cell, Cobra Unit).
I've stopped watching trailers and reading too much of news about the game.
I knew pretty much every cool cutscene Snake Eater had before I had touched the game. I've already seen too much of Guns' cutscenes for my taste. I mean... I'm an self-admitted MGS fanboy. So why even bother spoiling the game for me?

Here's a nice tidbit of information. Ever wonder why MGS4 is gonna be released on a Thursday, more specfically June 12th? It's because Metal Gear Solid was first released in Japan on June 12th 1998, whole 10 years has come around. I thought that was kinda neat that small little detail.

I too don't want to know a lot about the game.. i gotta say even reading about everything with MGS2 i was still kinda shocked how things turned up.. as for MGS3 my mind was elsewhere i didn't think much of it and i don't know why, ended up buying it like month later not knowing just how good it was. But the whole "middle east" scenery seems to be just a small glimpse of what the game has in store like the tanker in MGS2, there's gotta be more Kojima has kept in hiding and i don't want to find out till i'm playing it.

While browsing on Playstation Blog the latest isntallment of Metal Gear Mondays had a couple of cool movies if you guys want to check out. First one is a Metal Gear Retrospective - Part 2 from GameTrailers, its mostly about MGS and its spin offs as well as Twin Snakes. And second clip is a something from Kotaku, don't know how long its been around but its Metal Gear Solid meets Lupin the III, kinda cool how they did it.

I guess we now know what Ennio Morricone's involvement to the soundtrack is. Apparently "Here's to You" is apart of the soundtrack he composed for the movie Sacco & Vanzetti. No doubt the MGS4 version is a new one, since Lisbeth Scott is will be providing vocals for the song. Oh just incase no one knew (and isn't really a spoiler), "Here's to You" is the game's other vocal song as listed on the soundtrack.

YouTube - Ennio Morricone - Sacco & Vanzetti - Here's to you (concert)



And it looks like the soundtrack has a cover. Kinda lame how they're using the game's cover for it (a cover that I'm too fond of). I'm also guessing that's how the first press edition will look like, as CDJapan says the first press is a "super jewel case" (which I managed to get a hold of with my pre-order). I'm assuming the regular edition is probably gonna be the more orthodoxed packaging for CDs.

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Nice! Thanks for the info, Hantei.

I used the CDJapan link and went ahead and preordered the OST to snap one of the first edition copies and the price seemed decent considering Amazon has it for $49.99. That and in the producers interview on GameTrailers they pretty much confirmed that the LE version of the game is shipping with 3 discs which rules out the soundtrack included is the full thing..

So right now my MGS4 haul is consisting of..

• MGS4 LE version
• MGS4 LE Strategy Guide
• MGS4 Original Soundtrack

Nice. I'd like to snag one of those posters too that were at the completion event but there's been no word on their release yet. I've still got to give my EBgames a call to make sure they're doing the midnight release which if so I'll be going and FYI EB/GameStop is doing a deal that if you trade in your PS2, extra controller and memory card you get $80 towards the MGS4 80GB bundle.

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Double Posting. Apologies but I figured some new screens were worth it.

I <3 Naomi.

Spoilered for image size, no actual spoilers present.

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More here:
IGN: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Screenshots, Wallpapers and Pics

It's nice to see the actual lighting and color palette for the scene from the TGS '07 trailer involving...

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Metal Gear RAY and Metal Gear REX.

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Also managed to get these new screens uncompressed and at their actual resolution so if anybody has an image request or wants to download the full 60MB zip file then let me know.

Lastly, at least for tonight, is that the US Official Playstation Magazine is now out which contains the MGS4 review - 5/5 Stars. Some key quotes in the mag..

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"If you come to the game with no prior MGS knowledge. You'll still uncover one of the most absorbing stories ever told."

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"Two acts into this this experience you might think you know what's in store for the rest of the game, when it suddenly changes in such a beautiful way."

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""MGS4 is special in so many ways that I suspect it will reside among the videogame industry's greatest achievements long after we're dust."

The mag contains some new screenshots as well such as Snake in cave by a stream using the Solid Eye in NV mode, Snake on a mounted gun taking out an A.P.C, new image of Snake meeting Big Mama and...

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Snake in a snowy environment taking on a Gekko. Looks amazing and some nice touches with the touches of frost settling on the Gekko and Snake's OctoCamo.

Man there's detail in the game.

Didn't know Johnny had Sneaking Suit 0X-00573-D (I can't really distinguish that), along with a small part of his hair sticking out the front part of the hood.

Naomi is some great eye candy. Raiden's exo-skeleton armor is really sweet looking, love the details they put in everything in the game. Me thinks the Beauty and the Beast Unit is gonna be some epic boss battles.